ROOTS is proud to be able to regularly offer to following trainings to our volunteers and other interested parties. Dates for these trainings may be found on the events calendar at your right.
“The Ropes: Understanding and Engaging Youth Homelessness.”
This training was created by the University District Service Providers Association specifically to help volunteers in this community learn about the causes and characteristics of youth homelessness, the nature of street life and culture, and tools for engaging these youth and young adults. Check out the official website of this training. RSVP by emailing TheRopesTraining@gmail.com
“Conflict De-escalation”
In this training, you will learn to recognize the common physiological symptoms of conflict, the stages of crisis and how to be more comfortable navigating them, and concrete tools (what to say, where to stand, etc) to resolve conflict safely. Includes role playing where participant get hands on time to de-escalate conflicts. Required for all staff and volunteers within the first three months of volunteering with ROOTS. RSVP by emailing volunteer@rootsinfo.org
“Conflict De-escalation Refresher Course”
This refresher is offered for those who have previously attended the 3 hour Conflict De-escalation training. This refresher will go over the skills learned in the previous course with specific examples from conflicts recently experienced in shelter. This refresher is aimed at helping our volunteers increase their capacity and confidence in responding to conflict. We ask folks who have taken the conflict de-escalation 3 hour course over 6 months ago to go through the refresher course. RSVP by emailing volunteer@rootsinfo.org
“ROOTS Volunteer Orientation”
This training is required for all ROOTS volunteers and gives a run down of the structure of our shelter program and the layout of the building. RSVP by emailing volunteer@rootsinfo.org
“Race: The Power of an Illusion ROOTS Community Training”
This training is the basic social justice training for all ROOTS volunteers. This training is required for all ROOTS volunteers within their first 6 months of volunteering. The training uses the three-part Public Broadcasting System video series that examines race, power and privilege through the history of the United States and up to present-day causes of racial disparities. The curriculum guides the participants through the series with small and large group discussions throughout the day that facilitate the learning objectives.
Course Learning Objectives:
- Increase awareness of ROOTS Change Team
- Examine beliefs about race, advantage & justice, and how these issues impact organizations/institutions.
- Promote an understanding of the term “institutional racism” and how it differs from individual racism
- Gain awareness of historical cases of institutional racism
- Begin recognizing examples of institutional racism within the Seattle area and begin to explore solutions together
Race: the Power of an Illusion Video:
Episode One – “The Difference Between Us” examines how recent scientific discoveries have toppled the concept of biological race and dismantles our most basic myths about race groups.
Episode Two, “The Story We Tell” uncovers the roots of how and why the race concept created early in the formation of this country became “the stories” that rationalized contradictory public policy and became the foundation for beliefs that still have impact.
Episode Three – “The House We Live In” focuses not on individual behaviors and attitudes, but on how our institutions shape and create race, giving different groups vastly unequal life chances. Who defines race? How in the early 20th century, the courts were called upon to determine who was white and they employed contradictory logic to maintain the color line. This episode reveals some of the ordinary social institutions that quietly channel wealth and opportunity, so that white people benefit from institutionalized racism without being racist.
The first date of this training will be scheduled for September 2012! Please check back for the official training date and time. This training will be offered on a quarterly basis.
